Aaron Haslam was recently named executive director of the State Medical Board of Ohio. He also headed the Ohio Attorney General's initiative against prescription drug abuse.

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Sheila McLaughlin
Cincinnati Enquirer

Since 2010, Ohio has taken aim at closing pill mills that dispensed addictive drugs such as oxycodone and hydrocodone. The unregulated clinics drew people hundreds of miles from other states to feed their habit.

Now, those same officials are keeping a closer eye on traditional physicians to make sure they are not overprescribing the drugs. New laws are in place to make sure they don't. ...